Tour de France stage 6 Live – Can Mark Cavendish extend record tally in Dijon?

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And, identical to that, Lotto Dstny take up the reins and inject some tempo in a bid to separate the sector on behalf of Arnaud De Lie…

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The bunch hits a really uncovered part of street, however there isn’t a indication that any group is minded to attempt to break up the sector this far out from the end. It is not clear if the crosswind is kind of robust sufficient to take the time worthwhile too.

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The strain within the peloton is exacerbated nonetheless additional by a sequence of street furnishings on the strategy to Germolles. Up to now, everyone is thru safely and the roads are drying out once more because the solar pokes its manner by means of the clouds as soon as extra.

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To paraphrase Eavan Boland, issues are on the brink of occur – however not but. The peloton continues to be grouped collectively and travelling at a comparatively regular tempo, however the lingering menace of echelons is weighing closely upon this race.

-112km

The peloton is on moist roads as soon as once more because the tempo passes by means of Buxy. The bunch continues to be massed collectively, with the majority of the GC groups nonetheless gathered in direction of the top of the sector.

In the present day marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that might later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking right now. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you may learn his function here. 

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There’s loads of rigidity on this stretch of their course, however no crosswind pleasure simply but. The host broadcaster has been providing some snatches from race radio, and the groups are all issuing acquainted directions concerning the should be collectively in numbers in direction of the entrance.

A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they seem like positioned for security moderately than with the specific intention of making an attempt to power an echelon.

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The depth within the peloton has abated since that intermediate dash, and for now at the very least, no person seems to be tempted to throw themselves onto the offensive. It’s putting that the GC riders are all shifting up, flanked by their groups. The wind is not prone to be robust sufficient to separate the sector right here, however warning is the byword.

Intermediate dash – end result

1          Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)         20 pts

2          Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) 17

3          Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)    15

4          Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Motels)            13

5          Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)        11

6          Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dsnty) 10

7          Sam Bennet (Decathlon-AG2R)         9

8          Mike Teunissen (Intermarché-Wanty)            8

9          Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty)    7

10        Dorian Godon (Decathlon-AG2R)     6

11        Danny van Poppel (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)         5

12        Jai Hindley(Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)         4

13        Oliver Naesen (Decathlon-AG2R)     3

14        Primoz Roglic (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)   2

15        Oscar Onley (DSM)    1

Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen due to his second place in that intermediate dash.

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Victor Campenaerts leads out the dash for Arnaud De Lie, and the Belgian is so robust he briefly rides off the entrance alone. He sits up earlier than the dash, the place Jasper Philipsen takes the decision forward of Biniam Girmay, with Mads Pedersen third throughout the road.

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Abrahamsen and Zingle’s sortie involves an finish 3km shy of the intermediate dash. They’re swept up by the bunch, the place the velocity is ratcheting steadily upwards.

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Zingle and Abrahamsen are nonetheless lingering out in entrance, 40 seconds away from the peloton. The sprinters’ groups are shifting into place forward of the intermediate dash, however the velocity is comparatively regular for now.

Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.

The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the street beneath their wheels is dry.

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Zingle and Abrahamsen have 1:15 in hand on the bunch however they do not appear minded to persist of their effort. The pair are chatting amiably now moderately than driving by means of and off like they had been initially. The peloton, nonetheless, has unfold throughout the street, so they could keep on the market a little bit longer.

Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane moderately than journey into him, and that act would possibly effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra here.

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Break:

Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) and Axel Zingle (Cofidis)

Peloton at 0:42

Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to select up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.

Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen might need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to return by means of and provides Zingle just a few turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.

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Zingle lets Abrahamsen take the purpose on the summit. This duo has a lead of 25 seconds over the peloton on the high.

A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the  bunch with 700m of the climb remaining searching for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .

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The bunch continues to be intact as hits the bottom of the class 4 Col bu Blois Clair (1.6km at 6%), with rain nonetheless falling gently over the Tour.

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Jonas Vingegaard is among the many riders tucked in close to the top of the peloton beneath this spitting rain. The tempo has settled down a little bit bit, however there’ll absolutely be a transfer from the king of the mountains Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) on the Bois Clair.

The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. In contrast to the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a rigidity within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash. 

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The tempo is brisk, thoughts, in these opening kilometres. And the aerial shot additionally reveals that rain is falling a little bit bit forward of the race. The peloton will hit the foot of the quick class 4 Col du Bois Clair in 5km.

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The flag drops and stage 6 of the Tour de France is formally underneath manner. There is no such thing as a instant assault, and the early pleasure is offered by an aerial shot of a field-sized homage to native hero Antoine Griezmann, who will, in fact, be in motion for France at Euro 2024 tomorrow evening towards Portugal.

It is 22°C firstly in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by means of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to select up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km would possibly make for a extra intense opening right now.

The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone. 

The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.

Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra here.

Common classification after stage 5

1          Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Staff Emirates      23:15:24

2          Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep   0:00:45

3          Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Staff Visma – Lease a Bike 0:00:50

4          Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Staff Emirates          0:01:10

5          Primož Roglič (Slo) Crimson Bull – Bora- Hansgrohe      0:01:14

6          Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers      0:01:16

7          Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal-QuickStep           0:01:32

8          João Almeida (Por) UAE Staff Emirates

9          Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl – Trek         0:03:20

10        Egan Bernal (Col) Ineos Grenadiers  0:03:21

In the present day’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.  

Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is fit enough to start today’s stage.

Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s shocking renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s workers through the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching recordsdata from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had advised me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had executed earlier than.” Learn the complete story here.

When Cavendish walked again his retirement choice final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the plain draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv instructed to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was more of an excuse to keep racing than a burning objective in itself. Actually, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. In the present day’s finale in Dijon affords one other alternative. “At the beginning, I will try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I really like this race, I at all times have beloved this race. I really like this race after I journey, I really like this race after I watch it, and I will at all times give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra here.

Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.